Event
A Whole Farm Approach to Natural Capital Webinar
The Soil Association, in partnership with Woodland Trust, Finance Earth and Soil Association Certification, invites you to join us for an insightful webinar to explore the findings of our FIRNS project on natural capital development for small and medium farms in Scotland.
Funded by the Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS), this project seeks to make natural capital opportunities more accessible to farmers managing Scotland’s farmed landscapes.
What We’ll Cover:
🔎 The Challenge:
Why the current mechanisms for natural capital projects often exclude small and medium-sized farms and how this leads to missed opportunities for biodiversity, carbon storage, water improvements, and more.
🌾 Our Approach:
The steps we’re taking to develop a ‘whole farm approach’ to natural capital development, including working closely with five farms to plan regenerative farming transitions and exploring the aggregation and clustering of smaller farms/projects for funding.
📊 Project Outcomes:
What we’ve learned so far and our vision for how small and medium-sized farms can maintain food production while delivering better outcomes for nature, the climate, and their businesses.
If you want to find out more, here is a short blog post we wrote at the beginning of this year-long project, setting out our aims: FIRNS funding for whole farm approach to natural capital development
Who Should Attend?
This webinar is tailored for:
- Small and medium-sized farmers in Scotland.
- Land managers interested in exploring natural capital opportunities.
- Agricultural organisations, policymakers, and private sector funders keen to support sustainable farming transitions.
- Community leaders and civil society groups involved in environmental initiatives.
Why Attend?
By participating, you’ll gain practical insights and recommendations on:
- Making natural capital opportunities more accessible and viable for smaller farms.
- How whole farm approaches can unlock benefits for biodiversity, carbon, water, and beyond.
- Collaborative models that can deliver meaningful results at scale.
Agenda
Hear from experts leading the project, including representatives from:
Soil Association Certification
13.45 Next Steps
14.15 Close
The Soil Association
The Woodland Trust
Finance Earth
